Topic: * PETS... who lives with you?*

We have a small managerie at our house.    We have 2 birds, a cockatiel named Taco and a parakeet named Chese.  We have 3 cats, Mandy, Brandy and Kisa, 2 rats named Ebony and Ava, and a hampster named Judo.  They all live in relative harmony.  The cats know not to touch the other  "family" memebers (lol).  And the birds have the run of the house and share a cage at night.   i don't know what I would do without all of our furry little family members.   They bring a sort of peace to our lives here.

I have two dogs (they are outside dogs) who guard my house and bark at anything that moves ... they warn me when a car turns off of the road into the driveway (it's about 100 yards long with curves) so you can't see anyone coming until they are at the house ... they are wonderful dogs ...  the squirrels tease them ....   Cody and Sissy are their names. I've had Cody longer than Sissy  - they are both wonderful mutts.

I've also got a cat named Gizmo (male) who is an indoors cat -  his front claws were removed before I got him  - and there's no way he could protect himself if he were outside ...   he does get to go outside  (under supervision)  - he begs to go outside sometimes...  

I love my pets...

Doreen  

i have two cats--Zeebie who is 17 yrs old, Fuji who is 11 yrs old.  I have posted pics of them in the Your Furry Buddy thread in the Recurrances forum. They are both wicked......

There's no way I can beat Amy's list...and I don't think I want to :-)  We have 4 dogs, 2 german shepards who are also sisters, they're 3 years old and think 5 acres is not enough for them to roam on, they always end up on the neighbors 100 acres!  Another mixed dog, she is very sweet and is now 13 years old, she still enjoys the warm days when we get them and I hope she'll be around for along time.  One little 5lb Chihuahua/Pekingese who bosses all of them around.  2 cats who think they own us (maybe they do) and one horse, that my daughter does gaming with.  He is a sweetie!  But we are thinking of getting some chickens and pigs...so maybe I can beat out Amy's list

:-)

g

PS  Lucy..I cringed when I read the "rats",  that is my biggest phobia!!

naughty...I love the turtles thing!!!!  I had turtles when I was a kid, box turtles, water turtles, snappers!!  They're great!  Do post a picture if you get a chance.

g

They are ALL so cute!!!!  Including the little girl!  :-)  The turtles are very cool!  I use to feed my water turtles and my snappers little tadpoles and fish that I would catch in the pond.  Not an easy chore growing up in Queens!  They loved that stuff.  And otherwise some hamburger meat would work too.  Thanks for sharing the pix!!!!!

g

Hi...right now I have a young kitty..will be 2 yrs old in June. Her name is "Sweetie-Lizzie". And so sweet she is!! Has never brought her claws out yet. I also have a Conure Parrot named "Kiwi" as she is black and green.She can be very fresh. She doesn't like anyone but me :). She is about 12 years old. I have had up to 3 cats at a time in the past. While I was on chemo in 2006 I had 2--Patches and Pumpkin. I had to put Pumpkin to sleep as she was 18 years old and just couldn't take life anymore than a month later Patches was hit by a car and died. How devasting for me at that time..well it would have been at any time. I pleaded with Pumpkin to see me through the chemo first since I had had her for so long, but she just couldn't. I had to let her go. I probably will get another cat eventually but for now I will let Sweetie just deal with the bird. They are very cute together. I let Kiwi out of her cage alot and they chase one another around the house. Sweetie wants to swat Kiwi so bad with her paw...but I constantly remind her that she is family too...and family  takes care of one another...lol. Great thread NBN. Amy, you are the winner. Good to see you.

Hugs and prayers,

Candie

Amy,

Those are the most precious pictures!!!  Do they sleep like that all the time?

I have three cats - Tobiko (6 years old), Miso (8 years old) and Hamachi (5 years old).  Their pictures are all over these boards - Hamachi is my avatar. 

Marisa: simply love the names of your cats.  What is the next one going to be called, Espresso?!

Amy: how are my 2 "children"?  And love those pictures... they pose all so nice!

Girls: how did you come up w/ the names for your pets?

Oh my gosh I loved those pictures!!!  I don't know what I would do without my boys.  I have 2 male shih tzu's who are like kids to me.  Last year at this time I was also frequenting a message board; one for pet loss.  I lost my beloved black and white shih tzu Nicky 3 days after Christmas 2006, he died the day before his 13th birthday. He had been on heart medicine for 20 months and the last few months were so hard.  Less than 4 weeks later we lost Nicky's brother who had been my parents dog.  He had lived with us for over a year.  I don't know how I got through it.

Now I have my parents other 8 year old shih tzu Benji and we got a red and white shih tzu a year ago.  Casey is such a lover.  On my worse day, when I could hardly get out of bed.  Where ever I was laying, bed, recliner or couch, he would jump on me, give me tons of kisses, lay there for a while, then run off and see what he missed.  I do have 2 married children and 3 grandkids, but these boys are very, very special to me as well and help to get me through just about anything.  I also have a cat, Kaddie, and when she not sitting in from of the computer monitor, her favorite spot, she's pretty special too.

Pets make everyday more special and I really appreciate and love my boys.  Mary

Ahh, pets , a subject so close to my heart. I just cannot get enough of them.

I breed dogs, so I seem to have so many around me. Before bc I had a very busy dog kennels business, open all year round, and almost always full. I had 5 teens working with me, as it was a seven day week job.

At the moment I have, adult dogs.

10 mini smooth sausage dogs.

5 wire haired sausage dogs.

5 Yorkies.

26 Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.

2 King Charles Spaniels.

8 Pekingese.

7 Pugs. 

2 Rottweillers.

17 cats, who all live on our farm.

1 donkey.

5 Jersey cows, ( my pets) We sold our milking herd, and I just couldn't let these 5 go, so they live the life of Riley now, and are very tame.

2 goats.

assorted canaries, love birds and cockatiels.

8 pet sheep. 

On our farm we have about 150 beef cattle, and round about 3,000 hens. 

I was supposed to retire last year, but ....no way!!

It takes me about 5 hours a day to get round all my animals (about 2 hours would do it if I wasn't taking Arimidex.)

In my house I have 21 dogs, all my old favorites, the rest live in custom built heated luxury kennels just outside my back door. I can see them all from my kitchen window as they come out to play.

The ones that live in with me are only allowed in the kitchen and a sun room, built specifically for them. They all curl up on two big settees, or get under the kitchen table, and are no trouble at all really.

Before bc I would keep myself 5 or 6 puppies a year, but now its only 1 or 2, I didn't keep any for the first 2 years after dx.I am just in the process of deciding which 2 puppies to keep from the 3 litters I have for sale at the moment.

So, these are all I have at the moment, most of the dogs have names, but I never remember the correct name anyway.

I also have 11  rescue  dogs, ones people have dumped on me over the last few years, I will never turn anything away, just get DH to extend my kennels for me.

The feed bills are a headache, I get 2 great big tubs of horrible things , like pigs heads, lambs lungs, and tons of bones from my local butcher, that helps me a great deal, the dogs and cats tuck into this lot , it feeds them for half the week, the rest of the time they get complete food.

So as this topic is Pets....who lives with you , I think thats all I can think of at the moment, no doubt I will have missed out someone along the line, or yet another litter of kittens will come crawling out of the woodwork!!

Isabella.

Okay that's it... Amy, Isabella and Debbie win the prize of "Zoo Keeper"! LOL

Here's the other king of my house, Arthur, age 10 (almost, BD June 16):

My pile of fluff, Tobby, died last week.  He was 10, but he was a perpetual kitten.  So much energy...just a few weeks ago I saw him streaking across the yard in a white blur and "fly" half-way up a tree!

(I tried to post a pic, but I can't get it to work.)

Sally

{{{Sally}}}

I am sorry you lost Tobby.  I completely understand how hard it is to lose a pet.

 Those are some wonderful furry, hairy, scaly and feathered babies. Thank you all for sharing, they make us smile.

Gus-60lb 1year old boxer god who knows mix, who believes he is a lap dog and shares the bed. Someone just tossed him out when he was 8 weeks old poor baby. Trust me it was not my idea to teach him that....he is hubby's boy and best friend. 

Till he gets in trouble then it is run to mama. 

Roxie-5lb 15 year old papillion, who rules the roost. Poor thing deaf as a door nail and almost blind. But still bouncy as all get out. Yes, she sleeps with us also.

Brinna-20lb 5 year orange tabby

Maeve-17lb 5 year old tortoise shell long hair and Brinna's sister.